Thunderbird Club

[Miles_ONeal]

First time on a new song. Guitar solo needs some beefing up.

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I thought the spoken bit at the beginning was the song name, so then I thought the opening ripoff was a blatant ripoff. Nice take on s great classic.

 

[Stealth57]

I thought the spoken bit at the beginning was the song name, so then I thought the opening ripoff was a blatant ripoff. Nice take on s great classic.

The person running the digital board hasn't figured out the recording features fully. He completely missed a couple songs and then just turned it on and let it run while everyone was chatting...fortunately, nothing good for blackmail.

 

[BklynKen]

@Matt Kustom
NINE ONE SIX Sidewinder (Bicentennial) prototypes sound bite.

Nice Where Eagles Dare. Most unexpected.

 

[RedVee]

From one who was in High School marching band and military marching band, I think it's kinda cool.

As one that wasn’t in any marching band… I agree.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Nice Where Eagles Dare. Most unexpected.

Steve is the reason I started playing bass.

 

[Ringhammer]

Steve is the reason I started playing bass.

Ditto

Of all songs to learn to play, I recently decided to learn “Strange World”. It’s a fun one to play along with. Not likely either of my bands will do it as a cover.

 

[MCF]

Sad about one of my favorites.

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[godofthunder59]

I tried, I really tried to make the Precision pickup work, it's not that it sounded bad it just left me struggling trying to find a tone I can live with live. I used a eye guitar parts chinabucker (I will most likely swap it out for a 760 Probucker or current Gibson 60's pickup). So far I am super pleased with the results, I'll get a demo video up soon. If nothing else it looks great I supose some explanation is in order for the FSO, my only gigging band at the moment is a Black Sabbath/ Ozzy tribute both Geezer and Daisley used stripped natural 60s Precision Basses so using this bass is a kill two birds with one stone deal. I know Daisley used a EB3 for the first Ozzy album and Geezer had EB shaped John Birch basses both of which I have but the shorts scale live is a deal breaker for me. Any how it's killing me not to used my beloved Tbirds.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I tried, I really tried to make the Precision pickup work, it's not that it sounded bad it just left me struggling trying to find a tone I can live with live. I used a eye guitar parts chinabucker (I will most likely swap it out for a 760 Probucker or current Gibson 60's pickup). So far I am super pleased with the results, I'll get a demo video up soon. If nothing else it looks great I supose some explanation is in order for the FSO, my only gigging band at the moment is a Black Sabbath/ Ozzy tribute both Geezer and Daisley used stripped natural 60s Precision Basses so using this bass is a kill two birds with one stone deal. I know Daisley used a EB3 for the first Ozzy album and Geezer had EB shaped John Birch basses noyh of which I have but the shorts scale live is a deal breaker for me. Any jow it's killing me not to used my beloved Tbirds. View attachment 7290594View attachment 7290583

Brilliant solution. What sort of mudbucker is that?

 

[godofthunder59]

Brilliant solution. What sort of mudbucker is that?

Allparts 32k, sound like the real deal.

 

[MCF]

Ditto

Of all songs to learn to play, I recently decided to learn “Strange World”. It’s a fun one to play along with. Not likely either of my bands will do it as a cover.

Haven’t been a huge fan. Like some stuff, can take or leave other stuff. That is probably their song that I like best. Great bassline. Sort of Martin Turner esque.

 

[Ringhammer]

Haven’t been a huge fan. Like some stuff, can take or leave other stuff. That is probably their song that I like best. Great bassline. Sort of Martin Turner esque.

I love the first two albums and related B-sides. I liked the next three albums ok, even though not really liking Bruce Dickenson. I tolerated the VOX (like I did for A LOT of metal bands I liked musically, learning to ignore the vox, which might be why I love instrumental heavy rock/metal now).

Then VERY quickly in the late ‘80’s I grew out of Iron Maiden.

 

[Engle]

[edit - replying to Veronica’s band covering Paranoid]
Great cover, fun montage! If only Geezer had played Thunderbirds, that band might have gone somewhere.

I'm pretty sure Geezer would just sound like Geezer no matter what he played.

 

[Engle]

From one who was in High School marching band and military marching band, I think it's kinda cool.

I usually don't like rock songs performed by marching bands, but somehow this one worked.

 

[Engle]

I tried, I really tried to make the Precision pickup work, it's not that it sounded bad it just left me struggling trying to find a tone I can live with live. I used a eye guitar parts chinabucker (I will most likely swap it out for a 760 Probucker or current Gibson 60's pickup). So far I am super pleased with the results, I'll get a demo video up soon. If nothing else it looks great I supose some explanation is in order for the FSO, my only gigging band at the moment is a Black Sabbath/ Ozzy tribute both Geezer and Daisley used stripped natural 60s Precision Basses so using this bass is a kill two birds with one stone deal. I know Daisley used a EB3 for the first Ozzy album and Geezer had EB shaped John Birch basses both of which I have but the shorts scale live is a deal breaker for me. Any how it's killing me not to used my beloved Tbirds. View attachment 7290594View attachment 7290583

Have you considered a stereo output into 2 amps?

 

[Ringhammer]

@/\/\3phist0

I think you posted an image of a similar wiring schematic:

This comes from a file I have with a couple hundred .pdf pages of bass schematics, but mines in German. Do you know if there is an English version and if so do you have a link where I can D/L it?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Lid

Sounds good to me, and fitting tune.

I'm pretty sure Geezer would just sound like Geezer no matter what he played.

+1

 

[BklynKen]

Haven’t been a huge fan. Like some stuff, can take or leave other stuff. That is probably their song that I like best. Great bassline. Sort of Martin Turner esque.

I think this is a fantastic bass line.

 

[Ringhammer]

I think this is a fantastic bass line.

Those first two albums, especially in ‘80-‘81, were just something so new, and Metal where the bass was fully in the mix and impossible to overlook.

 

[godofthunder59]

Have you considered a stereo output into 2 amps?

I often run bi-amped.